Building multi-layered resilience in a malaria control programme in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 309-324

  Dongus, Stefan ^a,b,c   Pfeiffer, Constanze ^a   Metta, Emmy ^c   Mbuyita, Selemani ^c   Obrist, Brigit ^a,d  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Malaria control; Multi level; Proactive capacity; Reactive capacity; Social resilience; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE VECTOR; FIELDWORK; HEALTH SERVICES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN SOCIETY; VULNERABILITY;

DAR ES SALAAM [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 78650722659     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146499340901000404     Document Type: Article

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